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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Technology
David Laister

KCom's co-working boost as future-proofing and decade of tech building celebrated

A three-fold investment plan was unveiled by KCom last week. Business editor David Laister heard what a platform the past 10 years have provided - and why it is so important to keep building on the huge broadband leap of faith taken.

KCom’s huge investment in a full fibre future has brought added impetus to a Hull MP’s campaign to make the city the UK’s co-working capital.

The £100 million investment, which includes widening the reach and replacing older infrastructure, was welcomed by Emma Hardy as she champions the opportunities remote working could offer. And it was backed up with hard evidence from a man who has lived and breathed what it has brought to the tech community for the past decade, with a £1 billion economic impact estimated.

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